[Using Sakai] content.* permissions "went away"?

Sean Keesler sean.keesler at threecanoes.com
Mon Sep 27 07:34:04 PDT 2010


I just updated "content" on a test 2.6.2 instance to the latest 2.6.x branch
and didn't see this problem on a linux server.

Sean Keesler
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sean.keesler at threecanoes.com



On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 9:05 AM, will trillich <will at serensoft.com> wrote:

> 2.6.x Request: please check your RESOURCES PERMISSIONS (any worksite, open
> resources tool, click "permissions"). If you see only a list of roles -- but
> no checkboxes, you're having the same problem we are.
>
> This is apparently in the Java code itself. We did "svn update" to get the
> latest code, compiled, deployed it... and no content.* permissions show up
> in !admin realms (meaning resources tools have no checkboxes when looking at
> permissions). We rolled back to r66094 and our resource-permissions came
> back. So somewhere between there, and r8xxxx there's been a snag.
>
> This particular 2.6.x instance is running on Windows 64-bit.
>
> Please check to see if you also have this problem. Thanks!
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:05 AM, will trillich <will at serensoft.com>wrote:
>
>> This is an interesting puzzle for Sakai 2.6.x: what would make the *
>> content.** permissions *disappear*?
>>
>>
>> When we visit any resources tool and try checking permissions there, we
>> see a column labelled "Role" with all the roles in it... but there are no
>> columns with checkboxes? There should be columns as below, but they're
>> missing. (The below cut-and-paste is from a different server.)
>>
>>  new read revise.any revise.own delete.any delete.own all.groups hidden
>>
>> Similarly, visiting !admin > realms > [site-id] > [any-role] shows that
>> there are no content.* permissions available there either. They should look
>> like this:
>>
>>
>>  content.all.groups
>>
>>  content.delete.any
>>
>>  content.delete.own
>>
>>  content.hidden
>>
>>  content.new
>>
>>  content.read
>>
>>  content.revise.any
>>
>>  content.revise.own
>>
>> But in this instance of 2.6.x, they're not there. How can that happen, and
>> how can we fix it?
>>
>>
>> --
>> will trillich -- http://faq.serensoft.com/
>> "The truth is that many people set rules to keep
>> from making decisions." -- Mike Krzyzewski
>>
>
>
>
> --
> --
> will trillich -- http://faq.serensoft.com/
> "The truth is that many people set rules to keep
> from making decisions." -- Mike Krzyzewski
>
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